Act Number: 78

Act Name: The Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act, 1950

Year: 1950

Enactment Date: 1950-12-28

Long Title: An Act to regulate the use of the words "Khaddar" and "Khadi" when applied as a trade description of woven materials.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 2: The words Khaddar and Khadi to be trade description
    The words "Khaddar" and "Khadi", whether in Hindi or in any other Indian language or in English, when applied to any woven material, shall be deemed to be a trade description within the meaning of the Indian Merchandise Marks Act, 1889 (40 of 1889), indicating that such material is cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woolen yarn hand-spun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns.
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